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Beckham's Jesus tattoo
01 Mar 2011 at 12:58hrs | Views
David Beckham has revealed a heavenly new tattoo – an image of himself depicted as Jesus.
The 35-year-old heartthrob has stretched his football messiah status even further by deifying himself in ink, surrounded by three cherubs that represent his own sons Brooklyn, Romeo and Cruz.
Beckham unveiled the three-month-old art on Facebook on Saturday with a video message explaining the meaning behind the image above his left nipple. "Obviously, the cherubs are boys, so my thought behind it is that at some point, my boys are going to need to look after me, and that's what they're doing in the picture. Everything has a meaning," he said in the recording.
"I don't plan on having a tattoo. It's just sometimes I wake up and I think, you know, I've got an idea of an image I would like on me. "Some people love tattoos, some people don't. It's just something that I have always found can kind of express how I'm feeling, or the thoughts that I have or memories." It took 12 hours and two sittings for Hollywood tattoo artist Mark Mahoney to complete the design.
David first posted a picture of his new tattoo back in December of last year as it was being worked on by Mahoney, who has inked a long list of Hollywood names including Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp. "It was an 8-hour session which lasted until about 3 o'clock in the morning. I then went back a few weeks later and we did another 4 hours. It really is amazing," said Beckham.
Beckham already has a myriad of religion-inspired tattoos which include a six-inch tattoo of Victoria as a bare-breasted angel surrounded by stars, an angel across his back in the shape of a cross and "Pray for me" inscribed on his right wrist. He also has the names of the couple's three boys on his body. Beckham's wife Victoria is pregnant with the couple's fourth child.
Beckham unveiled the three-month-old art on Facebook on Saturday with a video message explaining the meaning behind the image above his left nipple. "Obviously, the cherubs are boys, so my thought behind it is that at some point, my boys are going to need to look after me, and that's what they're doing in the picture. Everything has a meaning," he said in the recording.
"I don't plan on having a tattoo. It's just sometimes I wake up and I think, you know, I've got an idea of an image I would like on me. "Some people love tattoos, some people don't. It's just something that I have always found can kind of express how I'm feeling, or the thoughts that I have or memories." It took 12 hours and two sittings for Hollywood tattoo artist Mark Mahoney to complete the design.
David first posted a picture of his new tattoo back in December of last year as it was being worked on by Mahoney, who has inked a long list of Hollywood names including Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp. "It was an 8-hour session which lasted until about 3 o'clock in the morning. I then went back a few weeks later and we did another 4 hours. It really is amazing," said Beckham.
Beckham already has a myriad of religion-inspired tattoos which include a six-inch tattoo of Victoria as a bare-breasted angel surrounded by stars, an angel across his back in the shape of a cross and "Pray for me" inscribed on his right wrist. He also has the names of the couple's three boys on his body. Beckham's wife Victoria is pregnant with the couple's fourth child.
Source - yahoo
